Literacy & Math Centers This Week

This week we spent time adding new activities to our Math and Literacy Centers! Students are very engaged during center time - they are practicing the concepts we learn in class and working on new projects and ideas. It is a great time to see their creative side and to watch as they advance their own inquiries. We often welcome new center ideas. We plan what students can do at the centers and make sure we are practicing key concepts at all centers we create. Students come up with activities and concepts they can practice at each of our centers. The Math Centers were very fun this week. We spent time practicing key concepts we learned in 2D and 3D Geometry!

What can we do at our centers? One of our student's blogged about it on her Kid Blog...have a read at what she said!

We are trying something new in class...Math Centers. Have a read at WN explain. http://t.co/dSi05a9J9q #comments4kids
— Mrs. Ciampa (@MrsCiampaClass) March 5, 2015

DL says: What shapes do you see? @Math_Monkey1 pic.twitter.com/8NHHOXqQ1a
— Mrs. Ciampa (@MrsCiampaClass) March 6, 2015

@MrsCiampaClass Wow! I see triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelograms; so many shapes! I'm wondering what shapes you see and how many?
— Math Monkey (@Math_Monkey1) March 6, 2015

RC says: Guess my shape! @mrskingocsb @lcaluori #guessmyshape pic.twitter.com/eAi2pmUBGX
— Mrs. Ciampa (@MrsCiampaClass) March 2, 2015

@MrsCiampaClass @mrskingocsb we think it is a 3D solid because it has faces, edges and vertices! What kind of angles do you see?
— Mrs. DelahuntCaluori (@lcaluori) March 3, 2015

The boys successfully persuaded me to create a Minecraft Center!

This week, the boys successfully convinced me to open a Minecraft Center in our Literacy Center. They came up with the I-Can List and are eager to demonstrate their expertise with friends. I look forward to seeing what creative learning the students come up with at this new center!